سفالم را می او جام جم کرد
English title: His wine turned my cup into Jamshid’s cup
سفالم را می او جام جم کرددرون قطرہ ام پوشیدہ یم کرد
His wine turned my cup into Jamshid’s cup —
A sea poured into me, a tiny drop.
اس کی شراب (محبت) نے میرے مٹی کے پیالے کو جمشید کا پیالہ بنا دیا ۔ میرے قطرے میں دریا چھپا دیا ۔
خرد اندر سرم بتخانہ ئی ریختخلیل عشق دیرم را حرم کرد
While reason built an idol's temple in my thought's domain —
The Abraham of Love transformed it to a sacred terrain.
عقل نے میرے سر میں بتخانہ کھڑا کیا لیکن عشق کے ابراہیم نے میرے بتخانے کو کعبہ بنا دیا ۔ عقل و دل و نگاہ کا مرشد اولیں ہے عشق عشق نہ ہو تو شرع و دین بتکدہ تصورات
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — سفالم را می او جام جم کرد — Digital transcription file at commit 39d44fc0c2b8ca25769c4b36e6eac4d90cb42b35; the source dataset does not identify the underlying print edition.Verified against this pinned digital transcription file; not checked against a print edition.Source
- Iqbal Demystified source list: Payam-e-Mashriq — Pinned digital dataset commit 39d44fc0c2b8ca25769c4b36e6eac4d90cb42b35; the underlying print edition is not identified by the dataset.Community dataset list; not reconciled against a print edition.Source
- payam-e-mashriq: published English translation by مخدوم حسان — Published digital poem page (46ydutmo.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by مخدوم حسان; Published English translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source
- payam-e-mashriq: published Urdu translation by حمیداللہ ہاشمی — Published digital poem page (46ydutmo.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by حمیداللہ ہاشمی; Published Urdu translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source